Makram Ebeid
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Makram Ebeid Pasha was an Egyptian
Coptic politician. Ebeid was the Wafd Party
secretary-general between 1936 and 1942. He was also a finance minister of Egypt
. Ebeid left the Wafd Party after a dispute with his old friend and the then Prime Minister of Egypt
and leader of the Wafd Party Mustafa el-Nahhas. The cause of their quarrel was profound. Shrewd, 66-year-old Nahas felt that he needed to concentrate authority in one hand - his own - to get his country through the impending crisis of World War II
. So he took back from Ebeid certain powers which he had once bestowed. Nahhas married a much younger wife, Zeinab el-Wekil, who was more than 30 years younger than he was. His wife was said to have great influence on him, and is alleged to have played a big role in spoiling the friendship between Mustafa el-Nahhas and Makram Ebeid. Ebeid, hurt, became difficult in his dealings that Nahas kicked him out of his job as finance minister, which was followed by Ebeid's resignation from the Wafd Party
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Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...
Coptic politician. Ebeid was the Wafd Party
Wafd Party
The Wafd Party was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period in the 1920s and 30s...
secretary-general between 1936 and 1942. He was also a finance minister of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. Ebeid left the Wafd Party after a dispute with his old friend and the then Prime Minister of Egypt
Prime Minister of Egypt
The Prime Minister of Egypt is the head of the Egyptian government. According to the constitution, the prime minister is the leader of the largest political party in the Egyptian Parliament....
and leader of the Wafd Party Mustafa el-Nahhas. The cause of their quarrel was profound. Shrewd, 66-year-old Nahas felt that he needed to concentrate authority in one hand - his own - to get his country through the impending crisis of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. So he took back from Ebeid certain powers which he had once bestowed. Nahhas married a much younger wife, Zeinab el-Wekil, who was more than 30 years younger than he was. His wife was said to have great influence on him, and is alleged to have played a big role in spoiling the friendship between Mustafa el-Nahhas and Makram Ebeid. Ebeid, hurt, became difficult in his dealings that Nahas kicked him out of his job as finance minister, which was followed by Ebeid's resignation from the Wafd Party
Wafd Party
The Wafd Party was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period in the 1920s and 30s...
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